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BALING PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,966, dated April 14, 1885.

Application filed December 20,1884. (Xo model.)

To t/Z whom t may concer-n.:

Be it known that I, WiLLIs D.V SLAs'oN, ofl Racine, in the county ofr Racine, and in the State of 'Wisconsim have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to balinglpresses; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will be more fully'set forth hereinafter.

In the drawingsigure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of my device, showing my present improvements. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, and Fig. 3 is a plan view, of the same. Figs. 4 and 5 are details, drawn to an enlarged scale, and Figs. 6 and 7 are details, also on an enlarged scale, of modified constructions of the sweep-plate and adjacentparts.

In this application I have represented only so much of my device as serves to illustrate the construction and operation of the novel features, and it will be understood that my press is designed to be mounted upon wheels or upon a platform of suflicient height to permit the connecting-rod of the plunger to have ample space beneath the press for operation, and

other parts not fully shown may be of any suitable construction-such, for instance, as in my various prior patents-this matter having nothing to do .with my present invention.

A A represent the upper longitudinal timbers of my pressfranie, and B B the corresponding lower timbers, and B the intermediate plat-form which receives the base of the post or standard C, on which the sweep D revolves.

E is the trippingpost. F F is the pitman or connecting-rod of the plunger or follower G.

H is a shaft journaled in the uprights H I-I of the press-frame, and having arms It h rigid with said shaft, to whose adjacent free ends the connectingrod F is pivoted by bolt f, the said rodfworking between the said arms, as shown.

Suitably supported on and between the uprights H H (as by brackets lt it formed on or integral therewith) 'or braced adjacent thereto is preferably located the platform I, the front and projecting portion of which is recessed, as at fi, to receive a sheave, t', the

journal or shaft I of which extends transvfersely through the projectingpart/of the said platform, while back of this and between the uprights HH' are two sheaves, t2 112, disposed horizontally, and the journals of which extend up from the platform I through the bar l2, which serves as a brace between the uprights H H.

The rear ends of the sweep-members D are united kby a plate. or casting, D', which has, as thepreferred construction, shouldered recesses d d, formed in the upper partof theends of said plate above the points of union with the sweep members and opposite to each other, andthe said plate is further preferably provided with a central external groove or grooves, d', for purposeshereinafter explained.

K is a lever, the hub la of which encircles the post C, and whose free end is provided with a loop-hole or ring, 7.9, for the attachment ofa chain, L, while projecting downward from the under side of this lever K and near its free end is the trippinglug l. The chain L passes forward between the horizontal sheaves it i?, and thence over the verticallydisposed sheavet, and down between the arms h 7i. of the shaft H, to the free end of the extension 1F of the connecting-rod F, to which the chain is secured in any suitable manner.

M M are stops (which may be simply uprights bolted to the timbers A and B) to prevent the sweep D from swinging around too far. Y

N n fn. n a. represent, collectively, the timbers and rods ot' a frame for bracing and securing the sweep D to the post or standard C, and the end N of the timber N is shown provided with a notch to receive and hold a lever which operates the hinged beater, (not shown,) and which forms no part of this present application, while O shows part of the IOO brought farther around until the arms 71, and connecting-rod F are nearly in horizontal line with each other, as shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 1, which is the full limit ofthe forward motion of the plunger, and also the full limit of the chain L, and then the lever K (whose free end rests against the shoulder of the recess d on one side of the sweep-plate D') will be nearly in line with said arms h and pitman F, and at this point the depending lug K', vprojecting from the under side of the leverK, begins to ride up the inclined top surface of the tripping-post E, and by that means the said free end of the lever is lifted clear of the shoulder of recess d, and then the weight of the arms h h and rod F, combined with the elasticity of the hay or other material in the press,will force the plunger G back to its original position with the parts, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, except that the sweep now points in exactly the opposite direction, but substantially at right angles to the length of the press, as before. Additional material is now tobe put into the packingchamber, and the horses turned in the opposite direction and driven back to the starting-place, the parts assuming, cn route, the position shown in Fig. 3, and this operation repeated until the baling is completed, no matter how many bales are to be made. The grooves d' in the sweep-plate D' serve to guide and hold the chain Lin the operation.

In Fig. 6 I show a somewhat modified construction. Here I have dispensed with the front projecting portion of the platform I, and

mounted the sheave i' directly upon the shaft H,and moved the said platform I and the brace I2 (between which the horizontal sheaves i? t are mounted) back of the uprights H' H'. In this form my sweep-plate D' is a fiat casting, and hence the chain L, instead of being carried around on the outer surface of the4 plate D', moves or swings overit, and hence the lever K in this form must be somewhat longer than in the first form to take up the length of the chain, in order to bring the toggle formed by :the parts h h and F into a nearly straight position, inasmuch as the said length of chain cannot he taken up in this form by the sweepplate D', as in the form shown in the preceding gures, otherwise (and excepting that the form shown in Figs. l to 4 exerts greater power) the operation of the device is exactly the same.

In Fig. 7 I show a sweep-plate, D', formed on the arc of a circle, but otherwise like that shown in Figs. l to 2l, and in this form, consequently, the chain L swings in the arc of a circle, and hence is always at the same distance from the post or standard Gfand the power exerted in this form is always from a uniform point; but in my preferred form, as best illustrated in Fig. 3, the greatest power is gained Where most required-namely, at the points d2 or d3 of the sweep-plate, according to the direction in which the sweep is turnedand fromthis point, (d2 in Fig. 3,) as morepower is now required, the chain L is carried nearer to the post C, thereby decreasing the length of the leverage.

Of course, if desired, I may use the arrangement of shaftH and sheave fi', which I have shown in Fig. 6, in connection with the form of sweep-plate, Src., shown in the other figures, or vice versa.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Ina baling-press, the combination ofa packing-chamber and plunger and connecting-rod pivotedto the arms of a shaft forming a toggle-j oint and a sweep having its ends connected by a plate and revolving on a post or standard, the said plate having shouldered recesses opposite each other, a lever pivoted on the said post and having a depending tripping-lug, a tripping-post with inclined upper surfaces, and a chain connect-ing the said levver with the end of the connecting-rod beyond the toggle-joint, substantially as set forth.

2. In a baling-press, the combination of the press-timbers A B, platform B', post C, sweep D, plate D', lever K, shaft H with arms h. h,

plunger G, connecting-rod F F, and chain L, and tripping post and lug, substantially as set forth.

3. In a baling-press, the combination of the y press-frame A B B' H' I I2, post C, sweep D, plate D', sheaves fi'i? v?, lever K, shaft H with arms hh, plunger G, connecting-rod F F', and

chain L, and tripping mechanism, substantially as set forth.

4. In a Daling-press, the combination of the press-frame A B B' H' I I2, post C, sweep D, plate D' with shouldered recesses d d and grooves d', tripping-post E, shaft H with arms h h, plunger G, connecting-rod F F', lever K with tripping-lug K', sheaves i 112i, and chainL, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIS D."SLAUSON. Witnesses:

HAROLD G. Uunnnwoon, E. G. AsMUs.

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